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minus-squarejaschen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoMy 10 year old niece asked me what my RJ45 wall socket was while I was fixing her mom’s computer. “It’s for old telephones” She then asked me if I had an adapter for it so she could charge her phone. I almost died.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoRj11/12 are for telephones, rj45 is for ethernet
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSome mad lads actually did this:
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoWon’t work anymore. Our phone line is completely replaced with fiber. On the other hand i can’t remember any unwarned outages in the last 20 years.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThose old POTS phone lines did carry a few volts.
My 10 year old niece asked me what my RJ45 wall socket was while I was fixing her mom’s computer.
“It’s for old telephones”
She then asked me if I had an adapter for it so she could charge her phone.
I almost died.
Rj11/12 are for telephones, rj45 is for ethernet
Some mad lads actually did this:
Won’t work anymore. Our phone line is completely replaced with fiber. On the other hand i can’t remember any unwarned outages in the last 20 years.
Those old POTS phone lines did carry a few volts.